The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, from "The Apocalypse"
1498
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 15/16 in. (44.1 x 30.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1975
Accession Number
1975.653.59
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, from "The"* (1498) is a masterful woodcut his groundbreaking series illustrating the Book of Revelation. amid late 15th-century anxieties—plagues, wars, and millenarian fears—this print captures a pivotal visionary moment: the Virgin Mary, radiant and symbolic, appearing to Saint John the Evangelist (often linked here with Baptist imagery) on the island of Patmos. As part of Dürer's *Apocalypse* cycle, one of the first visual bestsellers in print history, it vividly dramatizes biblical prophecy, blending divine glory with human turmoil, inc...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...